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English to Norwegian: Poetry (Marianne Moore) General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - English Poetry
by Marianne Moore
I too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle.
Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers that there is in
it after all, a place for the genuine.
Hands that can grasp, eyes
that can dilate, hair that can rise
if it must, these things are important not because a
high sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because they are
useful; when they become so derivative as to become unintelligible,
the same thing may be said for all of us, that we
do not admire what
we cannot understand: the bat,
holding on upside down or in quest of something to
eat, elephants pushing, a wild horse taking a roll, a tireless wolf under
a tree, the immovable critic twitching his skin like a horse that feels a flea, the base
ball fan, the statistician --
nor is it valid
to discriminate against "business documents and
school-books": all these phenomena are important. One must make a distinction
however: when dragged into prominence by half poets, the result is not poetry,
nor till the poets among us can be
"literalists of
the imagination" -- above
insolence and triviality and can present
for inspection, "imaginary gardens with real toads in them," shall we have
it. In the meantime, if you demand on one hand,
the raw material of poetry in
all its rawness and
that which is on the other hand
genuine, then you are interested in poetry.
Translation - Norwegian Poesi
av Marianne Moore
Jeg også misliker det. Det finnes annet som har betydning utover alt dette fjaset.
Men ved å lese det med en perfekt forakt for det, oppdager en i
det, tross alt, et sted for det ekte.
Hender som kan gripe, øyne
som kan utvide seg, hår som kan heve seg
hvis det må, disse er viktige ikke fordi en
høyt-klingende tolkning kan bli satt på dem, men fordi de er
nyttige. Når de blir så uoriginale at de blir uforståelige,
kan det samme sies om oss alle, at vi
ikke beundrer det
vi ikke kan forstå. Flaggermusen
som holder fast opp ned eller søker etter noe å
spise, elefanter som dytter, en vill hest som ruller seg, en utrettelig ulv under
et tre, den ubevegelige kritiker med rykninger i huden som en hest som føler en loppe, base-
ball-entusiasten, statistikeren --
ei heller er det gyldig
å diskriminere «forretningsdokumenter og
skolebøker»; alle disse fenomenene er viktige. En må imidlertid gjøre et
skille: når det slepes til prominens av halv-poeter, er resultatet ikke poesi,
ei heller før poetene blant oss kan bli
«fantasiens
bokstavtroende» -- hevet over
uforskammethet og trivialitet og kan presentere
til ettersyn «imaginære hager med ekte padder i dem», vil vi ha
det. I mellomtiden, hvis du krever på den ene side
poesiens råstoff i
all sin råhet og
det som på den annen side er
ekte, er du interessert i poesi.
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I used to work as a programmer and web developer. My view is that the abilities to reason logically, to see connections, and to be precise and clear, which are useful when it comes to programming languages, are also useful when working with natural languages.
My native language is Norwegian, and I would say that my English is on level with my Norwegian. I've always been very interested in languages, and especially Norwegian and English. While growing up, I acquired books on grammar and etymology, and I continue to educate myself about the workings of both these languages. I read a lot in English, whether it be fiction or news and articles. I mostly write in English, also creatively (poetry).
I've been working as a freelance translator since the beginning of 2014. I work for several translation agencies, and also have some direct clients, mostly board game publishers. I'm an avid board gamer, and rulebook translations are a perfect fit for me.
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